Word: weekending
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Near the fence, you can see clumps of police surrounding the site. The seven-foot fence, topped with three strands of barbed wire, will become a symbol--fence-cutting represents direct action against the plant; and among the happiest shouts of the weekend is the one that goes up Monday morning when one group returns from a nighttime foray with 30 feet of the tempered steel. But now, the fence is only in the way, and the goals--the rusting reactor vessel and the turbine building, each flying an American flag--stand outlined in the dawn...
Before the first assault, you can walk right up to the fence and chat with the police. They won't chat back. They won't even look at you, and orders are obviously orders, pretty much the way it stays all weekend, their inactivity ends the minute the fence is threatened. One aging flower child ("My name is earth") makes a preliminary assault, and for the first time the Mace comes out. They point the small brown bottles at your eyes and spray, and suddenly you forget about cutting any fence...
...intents and purposes, the ECAC men's tennis tournament held over the weekend in Princeton. N.J., could have been a Harvard-Princeton dual meet: the 12 other teams watched the Crimson face the Tigers in each division final with the exception of the "A" doubles...
...Green has turned in decidedly diminutive performances so far, showing no indication of a spirited title defense. Dartmouth has yet to win a game in three tries, and Holy Cross thumped coach Joe Yukica's squad, 13-7, this weekend...
...Weekend Results...